Cool Beans! Vol. 2

Ben Crosland

Sharps, flats and naturals that do not appear in a key signature.

Two notes played together, usually in one hand but sometimes in both, whose distance is the interval of a 6th of any quality.

An indication instructing the player to go back to the "S" symbol, then jump to the coda when "al coda" or "to coda" is reached.

Notes whose lengths are equal to one-fourth the value of a whole note.

An Italian term meaning "delaying"; an indication instructing the player to decrease speed, often gradually.

Also called the damper pedal, it is the rightmost pedal on the piano and used to sustain notes by moving the dampers away from the strings.

Temporary displacement of established meter by the stressing of a weak beat.

Symbols indicating that two notes are to be played as one with the value equal to their sum.

A trembling effect that is achieved by playing rapidly repeating notes in succession. 